Aloe

Aloe – These plants are not wild in the Western hemisphere. The flowers are bright scarlet, tubular cylindrical. Many are spiny, margined rosettes, and they area prominent feature of the cultivated landscape of the Mediterranean region and in Southern California. One sees Aloe arborescens as a pot plant with narrow, watery, prickly margined leaves. Bailey calls attention to the pronunciation: a-lo-eei for the Latin name, al’o, for the English.

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